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Home > Engineering faculty, students mobilize to help COVID-19 efforts

Engineering faculty, students mobilize to help COVID-19 efforts

As the coronavirus continues to sicken millions of people across the United States and the world, Berkeley researchers and students are contributing their time and expertise to combat the outbreak. 

From providing real-time localized information on infections to more efficiently resterilizing N95 masks, the engineering community is focusing on ways to inform the public and aid beleaguered healthcare workers facing critical shortages of medical supplies. 

Exploded view of N95 mask, and assembled prototype modeled by undergrad researcher Jason Duckering

Anti-COVID mask breaks the mold

December 10, 2020
Scientists from Berkeley Engineering and Berkeley Lab have designed a rechargeable N95 mask with a custom fit
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Illustration of cellphone checking for coronavirus RNA

CRISPR-based COVID-19 test uses smartphone cameras

December 4, 2020
New diagnostic test, with accurate results in under 30 minutes, developed by scientists at Berkeley (including bioengineer Daniel Fletcher) and Gladstone Institutes
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Graphic of Lucira coronavirus test device and 4-step instructions

Home coronavirus test springs from Berkeley Engineering roots

November 18, 2020
First FDA-approved, rapid test for home use was developed by Lucira Health, founded by bioengineering Ph.D. graduates Debkishore Mitra and John Waldeisen
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Graphic with images of coronavirus superimposed over map of COVID-19 hot spots in the U.S.

Berkeley Engineering takes on COVID-19

November 5, 2020
In response to the pandemic, engineers at Berkeley pivoted their research to help test, treat and heal a growing number of patients.
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UC Berkeley workers remove a wastewater autosampler from a sewer drain

Tracking COVID-19 in our sewers

October 29, 2020
Berkeley civil engineers have developed a rapid, low-cost and effective method to test for the presence of the coronavirus in wastewater flowing through municipal sewer systems
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Illustration of masked community members

Fung Institute responds to COVID-19

July 14, 2020
How various members of the Fung Institute community take initiative to support COVID-19 response
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Grace O'Connell with a sleep apnea machine converted to a ventilator for COVID-19

Berkeley team creates respiratory devices from sleep apnea machines

July 7, 2020
Resourceful and affordable, about 600 apparatuses from Grace O’Connell’s lab head to Ecuador this month
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Wastewater treatment plant at night

Monitoring COVID-19 prevalence in municipal wastewater

June 24, 2020
Samples from a single collection station can reveal clues to how the SARS-CoV-2 virus is circulating in communities
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Gerbrand Ceder, Teresa Head-Gordon, Jennifer Listgarten, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli

Four Berkeley engineers receive awards for COVID-19 research

June 24, 2020
C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute announces new funding for projects
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Four lead researchers with masks standing outside.

Putting coronavirus antibody tests to the test

April 25, 2020
Berkeley bioengineer Patrick Hsu and colleagues at UCSF found flaws in many of the 14 serology tests evaluated.
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Rebecca Abergel

Researchers lead federal efforts to improve COVID-19 testing

April 24, 2020
Rebecca Abergel, Paul Adams, and Adam Arkin are overseeing projects designed to boost coronavirus diagnostic technology
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Smartphone with tall buildings in the background

Fighting back against coronavirus misinformation

April 16, 2020
Hany Farid is conducting a major survey of people to see how much they believe conspiracies about COVID-19
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Cal Students Launch Resource 19 to Connect Creators with Hospitals in Need

April 16, 2020
New initiative helps designers, engineers and makers explore open-source plans for medical supplies needed by those on the frontlines of the COVID19 pandemic
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Rendering of blower unit

Low-cost, readily deployable respirators could help frontline healthcare workers

April 15, 2020
Engineers develop powered air-purifying respirators that can be rapidly manufactured using widely available components
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Paige Balcom and Peter Okwoko wearing face shields.

Engineering Ph.D. student turns recycled plastic into face shields for Ugandan medics

April 10, 2020
Paige Balcom is co-founder of Takataka Plastics, which has its roots in Berkeley’s Big Ideas Contest.
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Berkeley Conversations

Berkeley faculty discuss data science, computing in response to COVID-19

April 10, 2020
Nobel Laureate Saul Perlmutter and Public Health Dean Michael Lu moderate April 7 roundtable with computing and data science researchers
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3D-printed part

CITRIS Invention Lab opens to produce COVID-19 supplies

April 3, 2020
Makerspaces on campus allowed to operate to support projects in response to the pandemic.
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Rendering of a sleep apnea device retrofitted to help COVID-19 patients

Turning sleep apnea machines into ventilators

April 2, 2020
Converting CPAP and BiPAP machines safely could add tens of thousands to COVID-19 ventilator supply
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Screenshot of CoronApp mapping global coronavirus spread

Providing people with coronavirus-related data most useful to them

April 2, 2020
A group of Berkeley students have created a website/app that contains localized information about COVID-19
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ICU anaesthesia ventilator workstation in an emergency room

Controlling ventilators from a distance

April 2, 2020
Professor Michel Maharbiz is working with medical device makers to allow hospital staff to remotely monitor and adjust patients’ ventilators
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Hands holding N95 face protection mask, ready to wear.

Returning used N95 masks to duty quickly — and safely

April 2, 2020
Professor Amy Herr is part of a research consortium that seeks to provide scientific consensus on face mask sterilization methods
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Healthcare worker in hospital storage room.

Getting the right equipment to the right people

April 2, 2020
Professor Bin Yu and her team are developing models to connect hospitals with needed supplies
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Digital Transformation

COVID-19 first target of new AI research consortium

March 26, 2020
UC Berkeley and UIUC are the headquarters for the C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute, which announced a call for research proposals for AI technology to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Drawing of coronavirus

Bioengineers continuing the fight against COVID-19

March 25, 2020
Berkeley bioengineers have launched themselves into efforts to study the COVID-19 virus and outbreak, mitigate its effects, and support victims and caregivers
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